I am so very impressed nobody actually commented "huuuh you should go check Evengy kissin" or "Yundi Li", "he's way better". People like that are so annoying
Watching Valentina's hands in the slow 2nd movement is like watching a very graceful ballet. So beautiful, the incredible touch and feel for every note she plays. This really is the definition of poetry in motion!
She is just simply fantastic as a player, so powerful and yet with a gentle lady-touch, fantastic interpretation, for me the best ever, together with the Pathetique....absolutely amazing....she is not brava she is BRAVISSIMA!!!!
The first live classical concert I ever went to was Roger Woodward playing this at the Sydney Opera House in about 1976. I still remember that wonderful transition to the rondo - it brought tears to my eyes (admittedly helped by being with my date who was a student pianist I was madly in love with). That didn't happen again until I listened to this (about 15'50"). What a fabulous performance.
Absolutely fantastic - please please please don't ever retire or quit playing as your playing is an inspiration to me and all and hopefully yourself as well.
I Never had anything to do with classic Music and just wanted to let you Know Valentina that you just made me obsessed with it. I Love your play style, the pieces you pick to play and everything else. I even went to a concert of yours here in Berlin this Year. Im literally obsessed with you >.< Thanks for bringing me Into that beautiful new Genre!
Valentina, your interpretation and performance of this great work are phenomenal!! What is most impressive is that you don't ever struggle to keep up....you anticipate each and every sound so carefully, always ahead of the curve....effortless play with a quick mind and nimble fingers and the best in our world today. Your mastery and beautiful passion cannot be touched in my humble opinion. You don't just play the music....you FEEL the music, too. BRAVO!! ~Jackie
It's hard for me to imagine a greater love of music than that, which you so generously share with us. Watching you play reminds me of an extraordinary beautiful and gifted ballerina...able to dance upon the keyboard.
Awesome! Valentina's stunning legato, touch, and restrained use of the sustaining pedal is transcendental musicianship of the highest kind. Right up there with Gilels and Rubinstein. Bravo!
Очень чувственное, романтичное, женственное, что ли, исполнение. Не смог оторваться до конца исполнения (язык не поворачивается назвать роликом). Спасибо огромное!
It’s amazing that the human brain is capable of playing such a long piece by memory alone. I am no musician, don’t typically listen to classical, but this was wonderful. She has been gifted with a wonderful artistic talent.
I love playing the piano, Fortunately taught myself at the age of 15yrs old, valentina plays the waldstein amazing, I am currently teaching myself the waldstein, I love playing Beethoven sonatas like the moonlight pathetique and various other pieces, but in all honesty I give the credit to the one that made this possible in the first place, the creator of our awesome brain and fingers, and that is the ALMIGHTY GOD JEHOVAH,
I have been fortunate to see her live on Amelia Island a couple of times. Truly original in conception, and the left hand playing is unsurpassed, in my opinion.
Dear Valentina-- There is so much recorded music in our age of internet and we take a lot of it for granted. Sometimes it just fades into the background. But your piano pieces always cuts the pieces of the backdrop and gives me goosebumps. There is just something about how you interpret the music that speaks to me. There are so many artists on TH-cam all over the world from many different time periods, but you are the very best. Also I love your Chopin, please more Chopin!
Beethoven is a famous composer in the world including Japan. Your sound of playing piano’s performance influences to our hearts and conveys your intention into our souls. We cannot take our ears off of yours❣️
Val .. You played the Octaves passage ( right and left hands) in the finale of the third movement incredibly simply( as it is written, piano legato and swiftly, which represents extreme difficulty to all pianists), in fact I've never seen it played like that before (all great pianists had played it Glissando octaves),, you're unique and matchless my lady,, God bless you. and keep you sound for us ever.
Back in the 70's i went out and bought a load of Beethoven. My first excursion into clasical. It went in one.ear and out the other. I left the Waldstein on repeat on the turntable and laid down and fell asleep. Somehow the last bars of the grave section woke me up and the arpegios at the beginning of the final movement gave me goosebumps. I have been a Classical fan ever since. Thank God for Beethoven, Vladimer Ashkenasy, And, the then, modern day technology.
Perfect time to upload- I was here deciding which Beethoven sonata to prepare for an audition. I was contemplating if I should do the Waldstein or another one....but you just decided for me! Thank you Valentina Lisitsa!! :-)
The technique and interpretation are simply WONDERFUL! Thank you Valentina, you never fail to do the impossible which is to actually improve on perfection!!!
That was one of the MOST beautiful things I have EVER seen happen in front of a piano, I have been playing the piano since childhood, that was pleasing to watch Thank You!
The beginning of the third movement is like the promise of Spring, the hope of life, I don't know what else but it frees the heart, always worrying about things as it does.
As a comparative newbie to classical and, in fact, to your work, Valentina, I nonetheless know what is pleasant to the ear. Beethoven has become my favorite and you're responsible for that. I'm even more of a novice than I thought, because this is the first I've heard of this piece. What I want you to know is that I couldn't ask for a better intro to new music than to have YOU play it . . . . knowing that I can count on it being played exactly as written. Absolutely beautiful. Thank you for making your work available on TH-cam. Your work brightens an otherwise dull existence.
Beethoven lädt uns mit einem beharrlichen Klopfen in seine grandiose Sonate ein. Hervorragend, diese Pianistin! Mit ihrer unwahrscheinlichen Geläufigkeit der Finger lässt sie voll Gefühl und Dramatik Beethovens Werk erklingen.
This woman, this beautiful woman, is the most amazing pianist I have ever heard in my 71 years. I discovered her a few months ago, and I have never heard anyone, including Horowitz, Rubinstein, Gilels, Barenboim, Marta Argerich , and certainly not Lang Lang or Yuja Wang and many others who can play with such passion and virtuosity as Valentina!!!
Possibly the best thing she has uploaded and that is saying a lot as all of her playing is superlative. But this is beyond. Completely mature brilliant interpretation. Fire Beethoven would have been proud of when it is called for and perfect tender lyricism to balance it out. And such clarity. No hiding with the pedal here. Just pure unadulterated incredible technique. I can tell she must have a special affinity for this piece. And also may I say her choice of clothing is refreshing. Suits the piece in a classy way. Sometimes I wonder these days what some females pianists (no names mentioned) want to you pay attention too!
Count Waldstein was one lucky man. So am I, lucky to hear this piece played so well.. this is my fav.. cause I know it intimately.. you played this perfect !!!
Это потрясающее выступление превосходного пианиста, расходующего музыканта и изысканного художника. Брава, брависсима! This is a fabulous performance by a superb pianist, consumate musician and exquisite artist. Brava, bravissima!
she is one of the greatest pianists of our generation
Ela é vadeo
Agreed
She's great!!! I'd like to meet her ASAP. Can't wait for.
The GREATEST!
I am so very impressed nobody actually commented "huuuh you should go check Evengy kissin" or "Yundi Li", "he's way better". People like that are so annoying
Watching Valentina's hands in the slow 2nd movement is like watching a very graceful ballet. So beautiful, the incredible touch and feel for every note she plays. This really is the definition of poetry in motion!
Fantastic performance. Beethoven’s Waldstein is an incredible piece of music, never performed better with more feeling. Bravo!
She is one of the best pianists out there, really.
Ze Ro i completely agree and....kurapika! Love the pic X3
yea she is like michaelangeli
@@nothisiskas wydm kurapika as in HXH????????????
@@samaritan29 that was ages ago but yeah i think
Eliana Gardner
Might’ve been Kurapika but rn it’s L
I'm mesmerized by her sound and the absolute clarity of her playing... I can hear EVERYTHING... She is really something else.
Just awesome. It’s not easy to find a pianist who can balance and intertwine technique and emotions like Ms Lisitsa.
,❤
I'm amazed how some musicians can perform such difficult music with such great technique and beauty consistently...
I just happened to find her on TH-cam and I've forwarded her videos to everyone I know. She is extraordinary -- words fail me.
She is just simply fantastic as a player, so powerful and yet with a gentle lady-touch, fantastic interpretation, for me the best ever, together with the Pathetique....absolutely amazing....she is not brava she is BRAVISSIMA!!!!
The first live classical concert I ever went to was Roger Woodward playing this at the Sydney Opera House in about 1976. I still remember that wonderful transition to the rondo - it brought tears to my eyes (admittedly helped by being with my date who was a student pianist I was madly in love with). That didn't happen again until I listened to this (about 15'50"). What a fabulous performance.
I Love Her! La Divina Valentina! I follow her daily! She's the most GIFTED pianist on this Century!
Absolutely fantastic - please please please don't ever retire or quit playing as your playing is an inspiration to me and all and hopefully yourself as well.
Ludwig himself would be proud of such interpretation!
Valentina, I think Beethoven would be happy to listen to you, I'm your fan!
I Never had anything to do with classic Music and just wanted to let you Know Valentina that you just made me obsessed with it. I Love your play style, the pieces you pick to play and everything else. I even went to a concert of yours here in Berlin this Year. Im literally obsessed with you >.< Thanks for bringing me Into that beautiful new Genre!
Valentina, your interpretation and performance of this great work are phenomenal!! What is most impressive is that you don't ever struggle to keep up....you anticipate each and every sound so carefully, always ahead of the curve....effortless play with a quick mind and nimble fingers and the best in our world today. Your mastery and beautiful passion cannot be touched in my humble opinion. You don't just play the music....you FEEL the music, too. BRAVO!! ~Jackie
You are so fun to watch and listen to, Valentina!
An utterly mesmerizing performance - sent chills down my spine. Thank you!
It's hard for me to imagine a greater love of music than that, which you so generously share with us. Watching you play reminds me of an extraordinary beautiful and gifted ballerina...able to dance upon the keyboard.
Your playing heals my soul, I shed tears at the beauty of this...thank you.
I love the way Valentina pays such attention to the details of this piece! Very very nice!
One of the greatest performance of this masterpeice I´ve ever heard. The best of all in my opinion. ¡Brava, Valentina Lisitsa!
Awesome! Valentina's stunning legato, touch, and restrained use of the sustaining pedal is transcendental musicianship of the highest kind. Right up there with Gilels and Rubinstein. Bravo!
Очень чувственное, романтичное, женственное, что ли, исполнение. Не смог оторваться до конца исполнения (язык не поворачивается назвать роликом). Спасибо огромное!
It’s amazing that the human brain is capable of playing such a long piece by memory alone. I am no musician, don’t typically listen to classical, but this was wonderful. She has been gifted with a wonderful artistic talent.
you should watch how pianists practice. The repeat passages for over and over hours and days on end.
XHitsugaX and that's why memorizing long pieces actually is easier than most people think. It usually happens subconsciously.
I love playing the piano, Fortunately taught myself at the age of 15yrs old, valentina plays the waldstein amazing, I am currently teaching myself the waldstein, I love playing Beethoven sonatas like the moonlight pathetique and various other pieces, but in all honesty I give the credit to the one that made this possible in the first place, the creator of our awesome brain and fingers, and that is the ALMIGHTY GOD JEHOVAH,
I have been fortunate to see her live on Amelia Island a couple of times. Truly original in conception, and the left hand playing is unsurpassed, in my opinion.
Dear Valentina-- There is so much recorded music in our age of internet and we take a lot of it for granted. Sometimes it just fades into the background. But your piano pieces always cuts the pieces of the backdrop and gives me goosebumps. There is just something about how you interpret the music that speaks to me. There are so many artists on TH-cam all over the world from many different time periods, but you are the very best. Also I love your Chopin, please more Chopin!
Man. Just wonderful. Thank you for sharing this.
You are the balm on my soul! So many thanks for your posts!
sitting here in the dark, eyes closed, tears of joy.
Beethoven is a famous composer in the world including Japan. Your sound of playing piano’s performance influences to our hearts and conveys your intention into our souls. We cannot take our ears off of yours❣️
Your fingers moves very quickly and attract our eyes. Moreover the performance is splendid.
Movement 2: 11:35
Movement 3: 15:53
Movement 1: 0:00
IM DYING
Stunning!
LOL
You Don't SAy??!!??!?
A moment, I thought the Movement that from 0:00 is the 4 :D :P =P =) :) =D
This is, again, INCREDIBLY good. Thank you very much for sharing your music with us :-)))
And then comes the glorious Waldstein 3rd Mvt!!! Oh so beautifully played, I could cry!!!
David Marcum
There IS a God !
David Marcum
There IS a God !
Val .. You played the Octaves passage ( right and left hands) in the finale of the third movement incredibly simply( as it is written, piano legato and swiftly, which represents extreme difficulty to all pianists), in fact I've never seen it played like that before (all great pianists had played it Glissando octaves),, you're unique and matchless my lady,, God bless you. and keep you sound for us ever.
I saw Rubinstein do it that way. The way she did it.
Чудо Вы, Лисица! Слов нет, как здорово!
This is an amazing performance! Thank you.
Beautiful, wonderful, just incredible 😊
Listening to your performance was a perfect way to end my day! Thank you!
Back in the 70's i went out and
bought a load of Beethoven.
My first excursion into clasical.
It went in one.ear and out the other.
I left the Waldstein on repeat
on the turntable and laid down
and fell asleep.
Somehow the last bars of the
grave section woke me up
and the arpegios at the beginning
of the final movement gave me
goosebumps.
I have been a Classical fan
ever since.
Thank God for Beethoven,
Vladimer Ashkenasy,
And, the then, modern day
technology.
Incredibly gorgeous. A fresh and amazing interpretation.
Maravillosa música del genio , y bella interpretación de Valentina ❤️😍
this piece is incredible and now one of my new favorites. thank you
That was an amazing piece to start my day! Thanks Valentina!
Thank you Valentina!!!
One of my favorite Beethoven sonatas, amazing performance!!!, greetings from Mexico! :)
J'adore cette interprétation ! Bravo Valentina !
Another brilliant rendition of Ludwig, Val. Keep it up!
Absolutely love the prestissimo interpretation. Fantastic job!
A highly skilled and emotionally charged performance of a very difficult piece.
Thank you very much Valentina! You are great!
This great sonata is like a written for you！！Thank you Lisitsa👍👍👍
What a great way to start a Saturday morning...listening to well-played Beethoven.
Absolutely amazing performance!
The finest performance of this work that I have ever heard!
Прекрасное исполнение. Молодец. Много своего хорошего привнесла.
VALENTINA, AMAZING AS ALWAYS!!!
Perfect time to upload- I was here deciding which Beethoven sonata to prepare for an audition. I was contemplating if I should do the Waldstein or another one....but you just decided for me! Thank you Valentina Lisitsa!! :-)
Love the lively vibe, awesome.
Absolutely the best interpretation I have heard. It speaks to the heart.
The technique and interpretation are simply WONDERFUL! Thank you Valentina, you never fail to do the impossible which is to actually improve on perfection!!!
YES!!! I've been waiting for C-Sharp minor forever! I'm so glad it's finally going to be here ☺️👍🏼 Thank you!
How wonderful! What a powerful third movement, although the whole performance was mesmerizing.
Very Nice and ecstatic Valentina Lisitsa
Thank you for sharing this with the world, which needs uplifting.
La Divina Valentina! Love You VAL!
Valentina, és uma pianista fabulosa!! É um prazer indescritível lhe ouvir!
The trills in the 3rd Mvt near the end were breathtaking! I'm going to go now and dream!!!
Always delighted with your playing. wishing someday to get to appreciate it live.
That was one of the MOST beautiful things I have EVER seen happen in front of a piano, I have been playing the piano since childhood, that was pleasing to watch Thank You!
Absolutely wonderful and beautiful!
Нет слов... Просто сижу и наслаждаюсь очередной работой Валентины.
Perfect, Valentina! I love your way of playing. Bravo!
Quelle extraordinaire et captivante soirée Beethovénienne grâce à vous !!!
The beginning of the third movement is like the promise of Spring, the hope of life, I don't know what else but it frees the heart, always worrying about things as it does.
One of my absolute favorites from Beethoven im so happy :D
You make this piece sound so easy and delightful - fantastic! Your interpretations are almost always my favourite :-)
BRAVO! BRAVISSIMO!
This beautiful music perfectly played by a beautiful woman...a imagination of heaven.Thanks a lot!
Excelente interpretación. Grandiosa Lisitsa. Beethoven, mi compositor favorito. Una muy buena combinación entre autor y ejecutante.
As a comparative newbie to classical and, in fact, to your work, Valentina, I nonetheless know what is pleasant to the ear. Beethoven has become my favorite and you're responsible for that. I'm even more of a novice than I thought, because this is the first I've heard of this piece. What I want you to know is that I couldn't ask for a better intro to new music than to have YOU play it . . . . knowing that I can count on it being played exactly as written. Absolutely beautiful. Thank you for making your work available on TH-cam. Your work brightens an otherwise dull existence.
Beethoven lädt uns mit einem beharrlichen Klopfen in seine grandiose Sonate ein.
Hervorragend, diese Pianistin!
Mit ihrer unwahrscheinlichen Geläufigkeit der Finger lässt sie voll Gefühl und Dramatik Beethovens Werk erklingen.
I heard this last night before sleeping, and I have NEVER enjoyed a performance so much, of anything. Here I am, again.
Wow!!!She is The Best pianist ever!!!!! Thank you!!!!!
A very beautiful tone🎹
The bell tones at 6:00 are remarkable!
Wonderful !!! Beethoven played with passion !
Like 415 ! WONDERFUL Valentina ! You play Perfectly each note ! I love you for that ! JC
This woman, this beautiful woman, is the most amazing pianist I have ever heard in my 71 years. I discovered her a few months ago, and I have never heard anyone, including Horowitz, Rubinstein, Gilels, Barenboim, Marta Argerich , and certainly not Lang Lang or Yuja Wang and many others who can play with such passion and virtuosity as Valentina!!!
I love her incredible talent and musicianship so so much! Her husband is such a lucky man!!!
Yes he is!!!
Thank you Valentina to share your beatiful paying. i hope to hear you again in italy.
Beautiful interpretation and execution, thank you! 🙂
Great performance... As always!! You're such an inspiration for me! Coming to one of your recital is my dream! I'm big fan :)
Oh Valentina, thank you for 25 minutes of enjoyment of: closed eyes + music, in the bed, ( which not means get sleep) :)
Possibly the best thing she has uploaded and that is saying a lot as all of her playing is superlative. But this is beyond. Completely mature brilliant interpretation. Fire Beethoven would have been proud of when it is called for and perfect tender lyricism to balance it out. And such clarity. No hiding with the pedal here. Just pure unadulterated incredible technique. I can tell she must have a special affinity for this piece. And also may I say her choice of clothing is refreshing. Suits the piece in a classy way. Sometimes I wonder these days what some females pianists (no names mentioned) want to you pay attention too!
Gary Schmidt killed
And yet, you had to comment on the clothing anyway.
Amazing!!...just amazing. No sheet music!!!...I can't play anything without it...
Count Waldstein was one lucky man. So am I, lucky to hear this piece played so well.. this is my fav.. cause I know it intimately.. you played this perfect !!!
love them all they are phenomenal:-))))
my pianist
While I don't know if anything will ever beat Pletnev's performance of this work for me, this is still a superlative performance!
Это потрясающее выступление превосходного пианиста, расходующего музыканта и изысканного художника. Брава, брависсима!
This is a fabulous performance by a superb pianist, consumate musician and exquisite artist. Brava, bravissima!